January 16, 2009

Happy New Year!

I just realized that I have not made a single post in 2009. I am very sorry for that late HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Everything has been so busy and I plan on (if i ever have any free time at home) to get on here and post some Christmas pics and all!!2009 has started out with an ear infection and pneumonia for Miss Kenadi. I took her to see Dr. Bang on 12/30 and she had a horrible, nasty ear infection. The day we went Christmas shopping, we got to Troy and stopped to eat at Crowe's and her ear just started pouring!! I have never experienced that kind of ear infection before! Then Last Monday, when Gregg got in with her from Shorty and Evelyn's she was VERY warm!! I checked her temp and it was 102.8 so I gave her some Motrin and then she woke up around 11 that night and was crying and when i picked her up she was so hot. I checked her temp, while stripping her clothes and starting some tepid water and it was 104.2. Need I remind you that Kenadi has febrial seizures so anytime her temp spikes, so does my heartrate!! I climbed in the tub with her and just about froze!! We got her temp down and I put her to bed with us that night so that I could monitor her fever. Well around 1:30 she started stirring and so I felt her and she was burning!! I picked her up and ran to the bathroom with her, not even wasting time to check her temp. i knew she was hotter than before and her skin was red and she was panting so i got her in the water as fast as I could! Gregg kept telling me that I needed to take her to the ER, but i knew that i had dealt with enough high fevers with her and as long as we kept her from having a seizure, I wasn't gonna take her up there to be pricked and prodded 100 times! Later that morning, I called Dr. Bang and asked for him to order some blood work for her since i knew she had to have some type of infection with her fever that high, and her ears looked good so i was sure it had to be else where.. well he also ordered us a chest x-ray and sure enough, Pneumonia! We got her a shot of anti-biotics and started her on some breathing treatments! She is MUCH better now! :) Thank God!!Enough about sick children! I have joined the other alabamians in the "Scale Back Alabama". We have a team Philippians 4:13. It consist of Hannah, Jennifer, Lori and myself. And if all 4 of us lose 10 pounds each, then it will put our team into a drawing for $1000 each. Isn't that exciting! I have a new philosophy when I think about eating that piece of cake. "Is that one piece of cake worth $4000?" WOW can you imagine!!! So I hope to lose about 30 pounds! Not necessarily in the 10 week time frame of course, but overall i hope to lose at least that much! So wish me well!! I need a new me!!

Hey Meredith ( The Baby Snatcher) I saw your blog last week when reading Deanne Dubose's It's nice to hear from you and you precious little ones!! I need a huge favor, Do you remember what our Basketball record was when you were maybe a 10th grader. I know it was the year Crystal Smith was a Sr 1999-2000. I'm trying to figure out my # of wins since I started coaching and for some reason I have no record of that year. Any info would be much appreciated and I look forward to keeping up with you ! Coach Kelley Garner